| Location: | Various Districts, Rwanda |
| Salary: | This is a consultancy |
| Contract type: | Consultant Agreement |
| Full Time: | 35 hours per week |
| Application Closing Date: | 20 Jan 2020 |
| Interview date: | TBA |
| Start date: | 27 January, 2020 |
VSO is the world’s leading international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organisations where their skills can have the greatest impact. Our extraordinary volunteers live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. Sharing their unique skills and experience to generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities they work in lift themselves out of poverty. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact generations to come. Join us and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.
Role overview
About Building Learning Foundations (BLF)
The Building Learning Foundations Programme (BLF) is funded by the British government through the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). The programme is focused on improving learning outcomes at P1 to P3 in English and Mathematics including those of children with Special Educational Needs. This is intended to improve the pupils’ learning achievement in higher grades, thereby increasing equitable access to primary and secondary education in Rwanda. The Programme is implemented by a consortium of organizations; Education Development Trust (lead), British Council, and VSO in all 30 Districts of Rwanda.
The BLF is designed to contribute to improved learning outcomes in lower primary education in English and Mathematics by targeting three specific Outcomes, presented as three BLF Foundations, each with clearly identified Outputs.
You will be responsible in this short-term position for leading a small team of VSO national volunteers who are responsible for providing high-quality school-level mentoring and workshop training to teachers in grades 1-3 on foundational English and mathematics in every primary school in a district of Rwanda (between 80 to 100 schools). This will require rapid assimilation of content of substantial English and mathematics toolkits for teachers based on your excellent knowledge of English and mathematics subject knowledge and application of learner-centered, inclusive teaching methods, and training and mentoring of team members in this high-profile, innovative and successful nationwide project
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who would be interested in working on a very successful, high-profile and successful project with the right skills and experience for this demanding and responsible position.
Skills, qualifications and experience
• A primary education degree or Post-Graduate Certificate of Education
Experience, Knowledge and skills
• At least 4 years’ experience of learner-centred, inclusive teaching of foundational English and Mathematics at primary level in which you have been exposed to, and delivered, best-international practice in teaching with reference to differentiated and interactive teaching and learning to meet diverse needs of children, effective and creative use of teaching and learning materials, and positive behaviour management techniques
• At least 3 years’ experience in training and mentoring teachers during which expertise has been developed
• Understanding of effective approaches to school-level professional development of teachers, including the role of school leaders
• Able to effectively lead review of quality and effectiveness of training and mentoring of teachers and to produce accurate, reflective reports using qualitative/quantitative dat
• Experience of leadership which would inform motivational and inspirational leadership a team of national volunteers based on demonstrable professionalism and enthusiasm
• Networking skills to share and receive knowledge of effective, contextually relevant practices with other international teaching advisors
• Fluent English speaker with good written skills
• The resilience to persevere with travelling as a motorbike passenger on hilly and rough paths to reach remote schools
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
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